Carlos Sainz, eighth in Free Practice 1 for the Italian GP

The Spaniard set the eighth fastest time (1:35.995) on a wet Free Practice session.

Carlos did a lap on full-wet tyres to check the track-conditions before switching to intermediates, on which he set a nine-lap stint followed by a five-lap run.

Renault wrapped-up the session with 12 minutes to go. The track dried-up in the following minutes and the lap-times improved until the chequered flag, meaning that the final results are not representative of the weekend ahead.